The first to be held on Saturday October 26th, is Historical Haunts: A Spook-tacular Halloween. Our annual Halloween has something for all this year. LB Taylor, author of over 13 books on the Virginia paranormal, will present “Ghost stories of the Northern Neck” in the DuPont Library from 5:30-6:30pm. From 7-9pm, ghost tours, refreshments, Halloween crafts, Palm Reading and Tarot card readings will take place. Seating is limited. $

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River of Life Pentecostal Church will have a guest speaker during the 11 a.m. worship service. Rev. Carol Shell of Sterling, Va. will be ministering. Lunch following the service. Church address: 510 Colonial Ave., Colonial Beach. For more information call 804-224-8157.

Macedonia Baptist Church will host their annual Family Friends/Fall Rally Day at 3 p.m. Rev. Morris Oliver, Shiloh New Site Baptist Church, Fredericksburg, will be the guest for the occasion. All are welcome. The church is located at 1081 Macedonia Lane, Colonial Beach.

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The Middle Peninsula Northern Neck Local Human Rights Committee will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, October 28, 2013 at The Brambles – Day Support Program, 367 Main Street, Mathews, VA 23109. The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Mid-Tidewater affiliate, will be offering a “Connection” support group for adults living with mental illness beginning Monday, October 28. Meetings will be held every Monday from 6 – 7:30 p.m. in the Grace Episcopal Church (rear entrance) located on Main Street in Kilmarnock. NAMI Connection offers a safe, relaxed, and supportive environment where adults living with mental illness, regardless of the diagnosis, can share, listen and learn about the challenges and successes of coping with mental illness. Each meeting is free and lasts for 90 minutes.